Set: Settling the West

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Henry Comstock Prospector staked claim in Six-Mile Canyon in 1859
Boom and Bust Cycle of mining for gold, silver, etc and finding very little
Open Range A vast area of grassland owned by the government where ranchers could graze their herds for free
Abilene & Dodge City Cities at the end of the railroad lines for the cattle drives of the Great Plains
Chisholm Trail Major route to Abilene where cowboys drove over a million cattle between 1867 and 1871
Mavericks Stray claves with no identifying symbols
Barbed wire Contributed to the end of open range farming
Great Plains Region that extends from the 100th meridan (Dakotas to Texas) to the Rocky Mountains
Homestead Act Passed in 1862 where one could claim up to 160 acres of public land & receive title after living there for 5 years
Wheat Belt Eastern edge of Dakotas and western Nebraska and Kansas
Bonanza Farms Large scale farms often over 50,000 acres, where farmers set up companies to operate
Little Crow Leader of the Dakota Sioux who rose against the gov't when they didn't receive the payments promised
Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull Chiefs of the Lakota Sioux who ambushed Army Captain Fetterman's soldiers in a massacre
Battle of Little Bighorn Where Col. George Custer and his men were killed
Chief Joseph Leader of the Nez Perce, surrendered to US forces in 1877 and exiled to Oklahoma
Ghost Dance Ritual that celebrated a hoped for day of reckoning when settlers would disappear, buffalo would return, and Natives would reunite with ancestors
Dawes Act Allotted to each head of household 160 acres of reservation land, and 40 acres allotted for children; remaining land sold to settlers to go to a trust for Natives; plan failed
nomad Roamed vast distances following the buffalo - the main source of food for this group
Assimilate Absorbing the Native Americans into American society
Annuities Payments to reservation dwellers
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Creator jenniferlbarnett
Created August 20, 2007
Groups Mrs. Barnett's Wolves, Coach Barnett's Roaring Tigers
Tags west, america, history
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  1. Wheat Belt → Eastern edge of Dakotas and western Nebraska and Kansas - 5 misses
  2. Abilene & Dodge City → Cities at the end of the railroad lines for the cattle drives of the Great Plains - 4 misses
  3. Bonanza Farms → Large scale farms often over 50,000 acres, where farmers set up companies to operate - 4 misses
  4. Little Crow → Leader of the Dakota Sioux who rose against the gov't when they didn't receive the payments promised - 4 misses
  5. Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull → Chiefs of the Lakota Sioux who ambushed Army Captain Fetterman's soldiers in a massacre - 4 misses
  6. Battle of Little Bighorn → Where Col. George Custer and his men were killed - 4 misses
  7. Dawes Act → Allotted to each head of household 160 acres of reservation land, and 40 acres allotted for children; remaining land sold to settlers to go to a trust for Natives; plan failed - 4 misses